Broken mirrors, fragmented souls, shattered minds. Edgar Allan Poe goes Hitchcock in director Sean Ellis’ superstitious tale of the supernatural. Radiologist Gina McVey finds her life turned inside out when she sees her exact double drive by in a car. Following the mysterious doppelganger to a London apartment things become even stranger as she begins to question the true identities of those around her. To her family, she’s losing touch with reality. But she is determined to prove them wrong even though she can’t be sure whose life she is leading, her own or her psychotic body double’s? Further proof, if any were needed after the wonderful Cashback, that former fashion photographer Ellis is a consummate visual stylist and a brilliant filmmaker. It’s the stunning look, the eerie tone and precise pacing of this world of reflective horror that makes The Broken such a haunting, pulse-pounding and ethereal experience.
Also showing Left Turn. Lucy Russell plays Julie, who driving home on a dark and rainy night picks up an old woman who appears to be in trouble. Julie starts to have second thoughts about her good deed when something starts to feel very wrong about her hitch hiker.
Directed by Sean Ellis. Starring Lena Heady – Gina McVey, Richard Jenkins – John McVey, Asier Newman – Daniel McVey, Michelle Duncan – Kate Coleman and Melvil Popaud – Stefan Chambers. UK/France 2008, 88 minutes. UK Distributor The Works.Web site